Wednesday afternoon, the Winter Storm Warning was dropped, and replaced by a by a Civil Emergency Message at the request of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.

A state of emergency remains in effect for all of Georgia Thursday due to impacts from the winter storm. The Civil Emergency Message will remain in effect until noon Thursday and is in effect for GEMA Area 7, which covers Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Cobb, Gwinnett, Douglas, Rockdale, Fayette and Henry counties.

A combination of sleet followed by 1-to-3 inches of snow caused most roadways to become extremely hazardous and in many cases, completely impassable. The ice and snow has been compacted into solid sheets of ice, which continues to cause treacherous road conditions. Hundreds of vehicles remain stranded or abandoned on portions of the interstates and primary highways across the metro area.

Any melting that occurs on Wednesday will refreeze Wednesday night as temperatures fall back into the teens.

GEMA requests that motorists only travel if absolutely necessary or in emergency situations.

MARTA says due to the weather there is currently no bus service and rail is running with lengthy delays. They are running on a Sunday schedule.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal says this winter storm was "unexpected."

In a late night news conference Tuesday, Gov. Deal, along with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and other state officials, discussed the level of preparedness for the storm and its aftermath.

Deal said Tuesday's storm "came unexpectedly," which caught the area off guard when it came to the amount of traffic stranded on the roads. Deal said he was calling on the Georgia National Guard to help with the storm's aftermath.

Reed said he and his administration would "take responsibility" for what happened, saying that part of the problem was due to everyone leaving work and school at once.

The entire state of Georgia along with five other Southeastern states are under states of emergency after snow and ice hammered the region Tuesday.

Gov. Deal declared the state of emergency late Tuesday afternoon, and was quickly joined by governors in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina making similar declarations.

As of 9 p.m., the Georgia State Patrol says they have been called out to investigate some 940 crashes since 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. The crashes have resulted in 104 injuries and one fatality.

That wreck happened just after 1 p.m. on Ga. Highway 85 at Seavy Streett in Senoia. A 1997 Ford Explorer being driven by 60 year-old Yvonne Nash of Griffin was traveling southbound on Georgia 85 when the vehicle lost control and overturned into a ditch. Nash was pulled from the vehicle and transported to Piedmont Fayette Hospital where she later died from her injuries.